Ostrander v. Reis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, George N. Ostrander, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 29th day of April, 1909, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term,, the jury having been discharged^ dismissing the complaint upon the merits.-
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J. :
The plaintiff seeks possession of lauds through title' pursuant to a tax sale made by the Comptroller of the State in 1866 and a sale for later taxes in 1871. The debatable question is whether the purchaser was relieved by chapter 556 of the Laws of 1890 from failure to serve the notice on the occupant of the land as required by section 68 of chapter 427 of the Laws of 1855, as amended by chapter 453 of the Laws of 1885. The deed on the second sale was executed in 1874 and is unrecorded, but Tallmadge, the grantee,' quitclaimed to plaintiff by deed executed March 1 and recorded…
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